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gational church, of Westport, and aid in
its good works.
(The Kellogg Line).
(I) Samuel Kellogg, the ancestor of
the Kellogg family, was born in Braintrec,
England, after 1630. The first record
found of him in New England is that of
his marriage, November 24, 1664, to Mrs.
Sarah (Day) Gunn, daughter of Robert
and Editha (Stebbins) Day.
(II) Samuel (2) Kellogg, son of Samuel
(i) and Sarah (Day-Gunn) Kellogg,
was born April 11, 1669, in Hadley, Mas-
sachusetts, and died August 24, 1708, in
Colchester, Connecticut. He married
Hannah Dickinson, born January 18, 1666,
daughter of Nathaniel Dickinson, of Hadley.
Samuel Kellogg was taken prisoner
by the Indians in Hadley when a lad of
eight years and was taken by them to
Canada, later being found and taken home
by his relatives. In 1701 he removed to
Colchester, Connecticut.
(III) Deacon Joseph Kellogg, son of
Samuel (2) and Hannah (Dickinson) Kel-
logg, was born June 18, 1696, in Hatfield,
and died about 1765 in Hebron, Connec-
ticut. He went to Colchester with his
father's family, and on February 28, 1722,
sold his rights in the homestead to his
brother for a few pounds and removed to
Hebron. He lived in that part now called
Marlboro until his death. He was a deacon
in the church for many years. He
married, October 23, 1717, Abigail Miller,
of Colchester.
(IV) Samuel (3) Kellogg, son of Deacon
Joseph and Abigail (Miller) Kellogg,
was born in Hebron, Connecticut, about
1740, and died about 1780. He married.
May 31,1759, Hannah Strong, daughter
of Ezro and Abigail Strong, of Colches-
ter.
(V) Elisha Kellogg, son of Samuel (3)
and Hannah (Strong) Kellogg, was born
November 9, 1763, and died April 16,
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1846. He married, February 7, 1781, Emily
Stratton, born April 24, 1761, died
April 17, 1854, daughter of William and
Ruth (Goodrich) Stratton, of Chatham.
They lived on a farm near South Glaston-
bury, Connecticut.
(VI) Eliza Kellogg, daughter of Elisha
and Emily (Stratton) Kellogg, became
the wife of Bissell Elijah Post (see
Post VII).
SKENE, Rev. John Dolby,
Clergyman.
The church as a field of labor oflfers
opportunities for the gratifying of intel-
lectual honors and the most sincere spiritual
activities, but among the men who
truly adorn the cloth, an occasional clergyman
stands out eminent among his
fellow laborers for the deep strength and
dynamic force of a well-rounded, highly
developed character. In the veins of the
Rev. John Dolby Skene, of Stamford,
Connecticut, flows the blood of Scotch
ancestors who for centuries followed their
King or their leader to the death, if need
be, and even turned from the men for
whom they would have given their lives
to follow an ideal. When such spirit and
devotion, together with brilliant mental-
ity and broad culture, are consecrated to
the Church of Christ, the meaning and
dignity of the Christian religion is made
clear and significant to the world.
The surname of Skene, according to
one authority, is derived from Loch
Skene, being a combination of the Gaelic,
sgcan, meaning cleanliness, brightness,
and the old Norse, skina, to shine. Be-
cause of the clear, shimmering surface of
its waters this beautiful Loch was named
Skene, which name was adopted by the
first family which bore ii because of their
residence in its vicinity. Another his-
torian says : "In
Aberdeenshire the an-
cient family of Skene always held the